Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State.
A Press Release by the Lagos State’s All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday, may have now confirmed the information going the round in the state that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is trying to lure Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu into its fold.
The grapevine has it that PDP, the opposition party which has been trying to wrest the top political position in the state from APC since the country’s return to democracy in 1999 has now offered its governorship ticket in the 2023 General Elections to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the serving governor of Lagos State.
The move to lure Sanwo-Olu is considered by many political pundits in the state as a master stroke, if achieved by the PDP, as it would be a well thought out ploy to weaken the APC in Lagos State, a stronghold of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed TINUBU, its former governor who is now bidding to become the president of the country by the forthcoming elections.
But in a release yesterday by the Lagos State APC Spokesman, Seye Oladejo, this subtle move of the PDP May have now been crippled as he described the offer as a Greek gift.
Seye Oladejo noted in his release quoted in full below that: “Our attention has been drawn to the offer of the opposition PDP’s gubernatorial ticket to the governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the next national elections.
While the thought of desperately offering its worthless electoral tickets to every passerby is laughable, the extent of the level of degradation, degeneration and comatose state of Lagos state PDP should not be lost on all and sundry.
The platform that initially elected Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu, having acknowledged his glowing performance across various sectors in his first term, is certainly still available to recontest for another term.
His deft handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and the successful execution of the all encompassing THEMES agenda has endeared him to Lagosians as a compassionate , committed and the right leader for a time like this.
He has, without doubt, redirected our state to the path of progress and restored our pride of place as the leading light in the federation.
As the ruling party, we want to admonish the state governor to remain focused and undistracted from the onerous task of finishing strongly and fulfilling his part of the social contract with the good people of Lagos State.
We wish to warn the opposition PDP to desist from its age-long tactics of perennial attempts to destabilize the ruling party by the deliberate promotion of falsehood, blackmail and arms – twisting strategies for political advantage.
While we sympathize with Lagos State PDP over its several years of political misfortunes and misadventures, good wisdom dictates that it put its house in order to have a semblance of relevance.
It’s pitiable that PDP could only think of fishing in the pool of capable talents in the APC while looking for people to offer it’s worthless Electoral tickets.
This underscores the lack of attraction in the PDP and an admittance of its usual Waterloo in the forthcoming elections.
Governor Babajide SANWO-OLU hereby unequivocally rejects this Greek gift and hereby states that APC remains his party of choice in making his next political move, which will be made known in due course to all Lagosians.”
